Cake-mixer.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

E. ROEGK.

GAKE MIXER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 9, 1905.

NTTED STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT 'YFFICE.

CAKE-MIXER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,172, dated May 9,1905.

Application filed January 9, 1905. Serial No. 240,300.

To all; whom it nwty concern:

Be it known that I, EMMANUEL Ronox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of VVisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cake-Mixers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cake-mixers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcake-mixers, and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efiicient deviceadapted to be readily placed in and removed from a pan or analogousreceptacle and capable of being easily operated for mixing theingredients and for working the cakedough to the desired extent.

A further object of the invention is to provide a detachable device ofthis character adapted to be readily centered on and rotated within areceptacle and capable after the mixing operation has been completed ofbeing readily cleaned.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a cake-mixer constructed inaccordance with this invention and shown applied to a pan. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the cake-mixer.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates the base of the cake-mixer, which, with the exception ofthe handle 2, is constructed of a single piece of stout wire and whichconsists of the said base, an inclined scraper-arm 3, and a transverseagitator 4. The base, which is circular, consists of an open horizontalloop adapted. to fit snugly within and engage the walls of a pan 5. Thebase, which consists of a horizontal bottom ring and is arranged on thebottom of the pan, is resilient and is adapted to be readily adjusted orshaped to fit the pan or other receptacle properly. One end 6 of thecircular base is free and its other end is extended to form the inclinedscraper-arm, which may be of any desired length and which extends upwardfrom the bottom of the pan to a point above the top thereof.

The inclined arm 3 is adapted to scrape the material from the walls ofthe pan and may be moved either to the right or to the left for thispurpose. The upper end of the inclined mixing-arm is connected with theagitator, which is located at the opposite side of the device, and whichconsists of inner and outer substantially U-shaped loops 7 and 8,connected at their adjacent sides by a top portion 9 and forming aplurality of upwardlyextending agitator portions, which are adapted toengage and stir or work the material. The inner loop projects slightlybelow the outer loop and its bottom portion 10 is round ed and locatedat the center of the bottom of the pan and is adapted to form a pivot onwhich the device rotates. The outer side of the loop is provided with asubstantially L shaped extension 11, having an upwardly-extendingportion upon which the handle 2 is mounted. The upwardly-extendingportion is bent to form a stop 12 for retaining the handle on theextension. The handle, which may be of any desired form, is preferablyconstructed of wood, and it greatly facilitates the operation of thedevice After the mixing operation has been completed the materialadhering to the device may be readily removed therefrom by sliding thefingers along the wire from the handle to the free end 6 of the base.

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to an ordinarypan without altering the construction thereof, and that it may bereadily retion has been completed.

moved from the pan after the mixing opera- It will also be seen that thedevice rotates freely on the pivotal loop of the agitator and that it iscentered and supported by the circular base. The inclined scraper-arm isalso adapted to Work the material either up or down, and the pan can beeasily tilted to throw the mass to one side or the other of the centerfor facilitating rapid mixing or working.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mixing device of the class described, provided with an open bottomring for removably supporting it upon the bottom of a receptacle and forenabling it to be rotated thereon.

2. A mixing device of the class described, provided with means forremovably supporting it upon the bottom of a receptacleand for enablingit to be rotated thereon, said means embodying a rotary horizontal basearranged to rest upon the bottom and fit against the opposite Walls ofthe receptacle for centering the device.

3. A mixing device of the class described provided with means forremovably supporting it upon the bottom of a receptacle and for enablingit to be rotated thereon, said means embodying an open horizontal bottomring adapted to rest upon the bottom of the receptacle and arranged tofit against the walls thereof.

4:. A mixing device of the class described provided with means forremovably supporting it upon the bottom of a receptacle and for enablingit to be rotated thereon, said means embodying a central pivot arrangedto be supported by the bottom of the receptacle, and a horizontal bottomring arranged to center the pivot.

5. A mixing device of the class described, comprising an open horizontalrotary base adapted to be removably arranged on the bottom of areceptacle, and an agitator connected with the base and provided with apivotal portion arranged to rest upon the bottom of the receptacle atthe center thereof.

6. A mixing device of the class described, comprising a horizontal baseadapted to be removably arranged upon the bottom of a receptacle andbeing of a size to fit against the opposite walls thereof, an agitator,and an arm connected with the agitator and with the base and arranged toscrape the walls of the receptacle.

7. A mixing device of the class described, comprising a base adapted tobe removably arranged upon the bottom of a receptacle, an agitatorhaving a pivotal portion and extending therefrom to one side of thedevice, and a scraper connected with the base and with the agitator andlocated at the opposite side of the base.

8. A mixing device of the class described, com prising a horizontalbottom ring arranged to rest upon the bottom of the receptacle, aninclined scraper-arm extending upward from the said ring and arranged toscrape the walls of the receptacle, and an agitator connected with thescraper-arm.

9. A mixing device of the class described, comprising a base arranged torest upon the bottom of the receptacle, an inclined scraperarm extendingupward from the base and arranged to scrape the walls of the receptacle,and an agitator connected with the scraperarm and located at theopposite side of the device and having a pivotal portion.

10. Amixing device of the class described, comprising a base adapted torest upon the bottom of the pan, and an agitator connected with the baseand consisting of a plurality of upright bends, one of the bends beinglocated at the center of the device and extended to form a pivotalportion.

11. A mixing device of the class described, constructed of a singlepiece of wire, and consisting of a substantially circular base, ascraper-arm extending upward from the base, and an agitator consistingof a plurality of upright bends, one of the bends forming a pivotalportion and located at the center of the device.

12. A mixing device of the class described, constructed of wire, andcomprising an open base, an upwardly-extending scraper-arm arranged atone side of the device, an agitator extending from the center of thedevice to the opposite side and having a pivotal portion, and ahandle-arm extending upward from the outer portion of the agitator.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

EM MANUEL ROEOK.

Witnesses:

PAUL KARBERG, NIoiIoLAs A. MEYER.

